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Wicked Plants at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Shedding a Dark Light on Suspicious Species
Shedding a Dark Light on Suspicious Species
Sunday, May 31, to Sunday, September 6, 2009
This summer, BBG goes to the dark side—of plant life, that is!
Visitors will come face to face with the potentially menacing powers of species that have the capacity to puncture, imprison, poison, and otherwise wreak havoc—as well as those that heal and salve.
Building on the fascinating plant portraits in author Amy Stewart's new Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities, BBG's summer interpretive program highlights plants in the Garden that will thrill and entertain with their awesome abilities.
Wicked Plants
Interactive Map
Take a tour of the Garden's wicked plants and learn their sinister secrets.
Audio Tour
Listen and Download
Listen to Amy Stewart and BBG experts guide you through the summer program.
Summer Interpretive
Program Activities
Take a Wicked Plants tour, meet a carnivorous plant, and more. Special events on Sunday, May 31, and Saturday, July 25.
Buy a Copy of
Wicked Plants
Enjoy this A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
Prints by
Briony Morrow-Cribbs
Visit the Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery to view hand-tinted botanical etchings created for the book Wicked Plants.